[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16769-16770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8853]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Environmental Assessment (EA) on the Disposal and Reuse of the 
Defense Distribution Depot Ogden, UT (DDOU)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The proposed disposal action analyzed in the EA is for all 
excess DDOU property, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, as amended. The Army will 
retain two parcels of 31.1 and 12.4 acres for use as a reserve 
component enclave. The remainder of the installation (approximately 
1,075 acres) would be available for transfer or conveyance to the Ogden 
Local Redevelopment Authority (OLRA). Three alternative methods of 
disposal were analyzed: encumbered disposal, unencumbered disposal and 
retention of the property in caretaker status (i.e., no action 
alternative). The Army's preferred alternative for disposal of the DDOU 
is encumbered disposal which involves conveying the property with 
conditions imposed on historic resources, remedial activities, utility 
easements, access easements, utility dependencies, and lead-based 
paint.
    The EA, which is incorporated into the Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FNSI), examines potential effects of the proposed action and 
alternatives on 15 resource areas and areas of environmental concern: 
land use, climate, air quality, noise, geology, and water resources 
infrastructure, hazardous and toxic substances, permits and regulatory 
authorizations, biological resources and ecosystems, cultural 
resources, economic development, socioeconomics and quality of life.
    The EA concludes that the disposal and subsequent reuse of the 
property will not have a significant impact on the human environment. 
Issuance of a FNSI would be appropriate. An Environmental Impact 
Statement is not required prior to implementation of the proposed 
actions.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the EA or inquiries into the FNSI may be obtained

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by writing to Mr. Hugh McClellan at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Mobile District, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001 or by 
facsimile at (334) 690-2424.

    Dated: March 30, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-8853 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]
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